Mudman Kimball

Ask anyone who has attended in the past and you will find out that Mudman Kimball just keeps getting better every year! This year's race will be the best MUDMAN race ever, guaranteed! With 15-17 obstacles and the unbeatable course layout at the hills of Powder Ridge Ski Area, there isn't a better obstacle course 5k race anywhere. We use every square inch of all of our courses and find every hill, gorge, hole, and natural obstacle to put in your path on your way through the man made obstacles and to the finish line. Once at the finish line, if you can still hold your arms up, join everyone for a beverage, some good food, and awards, while you exchange stories with your fellow Mudmen and Mudwomen!

SUMMARY OF RULES• Enter as many teams as you would like (must be employees) • Minimum of 5 people with no maximum number • Team must be Co-ed. • Compete for one of the following: - Fastest Team (combined average time of all team members) and/or - Lartest Team (largest number of actual employees)

Each heat will be electronically timed by Graniteman Events. Be sure to fasten your issued timing chip on your left shoe with your shoe lace or using a zip tie.

Awards will be given to the top 3 men, women, and parent child teams overall in each heat. Results from each heat will be posted within 1 hour of the start of each heat. Medals will be available to be picked up at the awards table near the stage after the timing manager has certified that the specified heats results are final (usually 1.5 hours from the start of each heat)

since you can pick up your medal before you go home, please note that we will not ship medals that do not get picked up on race day without a shipping and handling fee.

The 2016 Mudman Powder Ridge course will consist of roughly 15-17 obstacles (not including the hills), that will test your strength, endurance and mental fortitude. With improved, enlarged, and some new obstacles, you are assured to be pushed to your breaking point and have to Conquer Yourself both physically and mentally.

Here is a list of the obstacles from 2016! Obstacles are rearranged from year to year to enhance your experience!

1. The Watery Trenches (long trenches of mud to wade through) 2. Pond Hopping3. Mud Belly (Belly Crawl under barbed wire 18” off the ground)4. Muddy Monkeys (Our famous monkey ropes over a pit of muddy water)5. Barrels - O - Fun (12- 55 gallon drums hung from trees & swinging only inches apart)6. Tornado Alley (Goodbye contacts! High powered snow making machine!)7. The Brick Yard8. Rope-a-Dope ( A long rope assisted climb up and down a long steep hill)9. Trip Wire (rope 18” off the ground the runners have to high step over)10. The Hurdles (a series of walls to climb over)11. Mud Slide (60’ inflatable water slide with a huge mud pit at the bottom)12. Triple Torture (climb up and over 3 walls that are up on the highest hill!)13. Mt. Neverest (12' tall Cargo Net climb)14. Web Crawl (crawl under a web that is bathed in mud and water)15. Hot Bunz (leap over trenches of fire).

The distance for the Mudman Jr. course will be 1.35 miles. The course will include 8 obstacles, not including the hills, and will be manned with plenty of volunteers to keep the race as safe and fun as possible! All obstacles will be optional for the kids. There will be room for spectators along controlled parts of the course, and nervous parents will be allowed to follow along with the understanding that they must stay out of the way of the other competitors.

Here is a list of the obstacles from 2016!

1. The Watery Caves (mud tunnels covered with plywood and more dirt) 2. Muddy Monkeys (Our famous monkey ropes over a pit of muddy water)3. Mud Slide (60’ inflatable water slide with a huge mud pit at the bottom)4. TKI's Revenge (More cargo net climbing)5. Triple Torture (climb up and over 3 walls that are up on the highest hill!)6. Mt. Neverest (12' tall Cargo Net climb)7. Web Crawl (crawl under a web that is bathed in mud and water)8. Hot Bunz (leap over trenches of fire).